bitcoin mining blockchain

[calculatingenius]

was going to use a hardware wallet because i was planning to mine some bitcoin when my laptop was inactive. the program i downloaded said it has to transfer 150gb or so of data. i let it do its thing, but at the last second i changed my mind. i found that online solutions would be more efficient for me. i click cancel and the program exits. i even manually uninstalled the whole thing. afterwards though, 150gb of my 1tb hard drive was eaten up by the data i was never going to use. how do i delete it? i don't want it. i was using a program called bitcoin core wallet by the way.

 

[AnonymousAndy]

Well, idk how to fix your HDD problem... but you don't mine bitcoin with your laptop, that is a complete waste of time.
Absolutely nothing related to mining would have to transfer a file of 150GB. A wallet key would be less than 1MB. What exactly did you download?

 

[TJ Hooker]

@AnonymousAndy you download the entire Bitcoin [strike] wallet[/strike]blockchain when setting up a wallet, which is around 150 GB.
@calculatingenius if you've uninstalled the program you need to find the directory where it was storing the blockchain data and just delete that folder. Also, as said above, mining Bitcoin on a laptop, or anything other than a dedicated Bitcoin miner ASIC, is a waste of time.

 

[k1114]

It's the blockchain. Bitcoin mining hasn't been profitable for pcs for many years anyways since asics took over. You're infinitesimally weak compared to them.

Check where you installed the wallet. Also check C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Bitcoin

 

[volkgren]

It's the blockchain. Bitcoin mining hasn't been profitable for pcs for many years anyways since asics took over. You're infinitesimally weak compared to them.

Check where you installed the wallet. Also check C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Bitcoin

Yes I would imagine the blockchain is 150GB. You will want to enable hidden files in the View tab in your file explorer to see the directory.

https://bitzuma.com/posts/moving-the-bitcoin-core-data-directory/

 

[AnonymousAndy]

There are many bitcoin wallets that do not require you to download the block chain, no reason to download it 😵

 

[volkgren]

There are many bitcoin wallets that do not require you to download the block chain, no reason to download it 😵

That may be true. Can you transfer bitcoin out of the wallet without downloading the blockchain?

 

[AnonymousAndy]

There are many bitcoin wallets that do not require you to download the block chain, no reason to download it 😵

That may be true. Can you transfer bitcoin out of the wallet without downloading the blockchain?

Yes.